[Zeroday]

Has the man that searched his computer when he crossed the border been investigated?

How do we know that man isn't lying? Where is the proof? Besides, there is no law saying that you are allowed to search people's laptops. That is invasion of privacy, border law or not! The man that searched his computer probably made a biased charge.

That still doesn't explain why his computer/laptop was turned on at the time they got to the border.
or why he would leave it on and risk being found out.

I think that what the man that searched his computer didn't really find what he said he did.

maybe, he wasn't able to search the computer at all, because it was already locked and the man refused to let him search it

what position does this man have? has his background been searched? Is he with the mafia, drug groups? Government - Might have top-secret documents?

[hewee]

Originally Posted by guitar

it only said the password was encrypted
and the gov cracks these on a daily basis hacking into each others comps as a defense against hackers,
they are still getting hacked

My Aunt worked for the National Security Agency and they cracked code all the time.

[Zeroday]

That may be true, but it could take years.

Depending on the type/quality of the Encryption, it can be easy or hard.

[guitar]

not if a good cracking team wants to ie vista was cracked within days of release

[Zeroday]

Actually, the NSA added "features/files/security" of their own to Vista before it was even launched, and while it was still in pre-production. What exactly the features/files/security are, remains elusive.

As for Cracking Vista? Do you mean like "pirating" it? because that can be easily done with a simple registry change.

[shant93]

Originally Posted by iltos

er a couple of times....most anyone ever did was push the start button....when the lights went on, they handed it back.

Did they expect it to blow up?

[Zeroday]

Maybe